By Don Allred February 23, 1999

Even though (or because) it's their (and also Czech rock's) main selling point over here, I wonder if the Plastic People of the Universe don't get tired of hauling around their Legend. You know: how they wouldn't back down from unasked-for political martyrdom, and thus inspired the movement that somehow peacefully took over their Government. When the all-clear was finally sounded, the Plastics, whose name signified ingenuity and adaptability (as in Robinson Crusoe, not Bill Clinton), broke up. Maybe it was like spouses separating only after a long family crisis is past. In any case, three members stepped out to form Pulnoc. Who came to rock away the barnacles of history and chamber fusion, but initially tended toward... More >>>